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Meet several Washington University women at the top of their fields

Learn more about several alumnae innovators and entrepreneurs who have found success in the fields of fashion, tech, media and design. With high-profile clients, accolades and funding support, they’ve risen fast— many before age 30.

Flags lowered in memory of former President George H.W. Bush

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of former President George H.W. Bush. Bush, the country’s 41st president, died Nov. 30, 2018, at age 94.

Humanities & Society

‘Facing Segregation’ focuses on housing policy solutions

Fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing and Civil Rights Acts, a new book, “Facing Segregation: Housing Policy Solutions for a Stronger Society,” brings together influential scholars, practitioners and policy analysts to reflect on how to use public policy to reduce segregation.

The government wants to keep its employees from talking about impeachment. It can’t do that.

The Hatch Act itself recognizes that, to the extent not expressly prohibited by the law, federal employees should be free to exercise “their right to participate or to refrain from participating in the political processes of the Nation,” without “fear of penalty or reprisal.”

Campus & Community

‘Gracious, engaged and inspirational’: Remembering George H.W. Bush

President George H.W. Bush visited the Washington University campus Feb. 17, 1989, to promote his "Thousand Points of Light" volunteerism campaign.

As the country pays homage to the memory of President George H.W. Bush, Washington University in St. Louis recalls three memorable visits: when he delivered a “Thousand Points of Light” speech on the Danforth Campus in 1989; when he returned for the first presidential debate in 1992; and when he gave the keynote address at the university’s Founders Day in 1999.

Medicine & Health

The Trailblazer: Nancy Tye-Murray

Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD, right, has developed training software to let patients with hearing loss practice listening to the voices they most want to hear. Tye-Murray helps Lonnie Willmann record audio clips for his wife, Kathleen Willmann, who has been diagnosed with hearing loss. Photo: Robert Boston

Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD, is the first female WashU faculty member to found a startup. clEAR trains people to hear better using their loved ones’ voices.

Biology

Flu’s clues: A new approach to studying influenza

A new paper co-authored by the School of Engineering & Applied Science’s Michael Vahey on a new way to study influenza gives researchers insights into how this virus remains so successful in humans — and ultimately how to fight it.

Campus & Community

The View From Here 12.3.18

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Girls must learn to see themselves as scientists

If we can connect young girls’ aptitude for STEM subjects to their personal ability to succeed in these fields in the future and share our hope to increase numbers of women in STEM, they will hear how much their talents are needed.

WUPD’s Blue Santa program collecting donations

The Washington University Police Department’s Blue Santa program is collecting donations for the children of Whitney Thomas, who was killed in a traffic accident in October on Riverview Boulevard. The six children range in age from 11 to 8 months old.